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FROM THE MORNING CALL

It took about 15 minutes Friday night for the identity of the spot starter needed by the Phillies in Monday's doubleheader with Florida to be revealed.

It took about that same time a few hours later for visiting Buffalo to take command of the International League game at Coca-Cola Park.

Long after Vance Worley's one-inning tune-up was over, the Bisons used an error, four walks and two hits to score five runs in the sixth inning, erasing a four-run deficit en route to a 7-4 win over the IronPigs before 9,198.

Worley, Lehigh Valley's scheduled starter, was one of three IronPigs pitchers who were expected to be candidates for the start on Monday along with Nate Robertson and Drew Carpenter. He made his major-league debut earlier this season with a scoreless inning against Colorado, and is a combined 10-7 with a 3.36 ERA in 27 starts between Reading and the IronPigs this summer, including 1-3 with a 3.77 ERA with Lehigh Valley.

Friday he allowed three hits to the five batters he faced but came away with a scoreless inning thanks to a spectacular double play started by shortstop Brian Bocock. With Jesus Feliciano on first after a leadoff single, Bocock made a sprawling stop of Justin Turner's bouncer up the middle and scooped the ball to second baseman Ozzie Chavez to force Feliciano. Chavez then turned and rifled a throw to first to nip Turner.

Joe Savery inherited a 3-0 lead when he took over for Worley in the second and sailed through four innings, allowing two hitsand taking a 4-0 lead into the sixth inning. But a seemingly innoculous one-out error by the usually sure-handed Chavez opened the door for Buffalo in the sixth, and the Bisons walked through it.

After a flyout, Savery (1-12) issued a walk and gave up a single to ex-IronPig Mike Cervenak to load the bases. Savery then issued back-to-back walks – both on 3-2 pitches – to force in two runs, and reliever Oscar Villarreal issued another on a 3-1 pitch to force in a third run. Feliciano, who still has an outside chance of leading the IL in batting, followed with a two-run single to put the Bisons on top.

Berks County native Zach Lutz, who came up from Double-A Binghamton on Wednesday, followed a leadoff walk in the seventh with a two-out homer, his first in Triple-A.

Until the sixth the IronPigs (56-85) seemed to be on their way to their second straight win and fifth in seven games despite having an apparent three-run home run by John Mayberry Jr. overturned in a bizarre ruling in the first inning.

Mayberry followed a hit-batter and Melvin Dorta's single with a towering drive down the left field line. Home plate umpire John Conrad watched the all go past the foul pole, then signaled home run – which immediately brought Buffalo manager Ken Oberkfell out of the dugout even before Mayberry reached second base.

After hearing Oberkfell's argument, Conrad summoned his partners, first-base umpire Vic Carapazza and third-base umpire Chris Conroy, for a summit, and after a minute's deliberation reversed his call, promting an animated visit by IronPigs manager Dave Huppert to no avail.

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